Rep. Fentrice Driskell, Democratic Leader of the Florida House of Representatives, is urging action on the expansion of the Florida KidCare program.

Former President Donald Trump is expected to speak at a news conference at 11 a.m. Friday at Trump Tower following Thursday’s guilty verdict in his New York criminal trial.

Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities and other public institutions under a slate of bills pending in Republican-led legislatures, with some lawmakers counting on the issue resonating with voters in this election year.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ upcoming State of the State address is supposed to be about Florida’s future.

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking state universities for the number and ages of their transgender students who sought the schools' help with hormones or sex reassignment surgery, according to a survey released Wednesday.

The White House is playing host to roughly 50 Democratic state legislators from 31 states this week as legislatures prepare for their upcoming sessions.

A measure that would force law enforcement agencies across Florida to examine the use of force is heading to the governor’s desk.

A late-session push by the Florida House to require new training standards for police officers is ready to go to the Senate floor this week after unanimously passing the House.

A law enforcement officer would have to intervene when another officer uses excessive force under a bill unanimously passed by the Florida House.

A bipartisan proposal to add hiring standards and bolster use-of-force training for police and correctional officers began moving forward Thursday in the House.

Corporations are being asked to get involved in the debate over proposed changes to Florida’s elections laws, but the governor and others are telling them to stay in their own lane.

After the Florida Legislative Black Caucus rolled out a slew of policing reform bills in February, many of the measures have not been heard in committees as time winds down on the 60-day legislative session. House and Senate committees are scheduled to stop meeting early next week.

Democratic committee members filed the amendments after a 6 p.m. Monday deadline that carried out the COVID-19 protocols issued last month by Sprowls. House rules, though, do not put time constraints on amendments that are filed by members of the committees considering legislation. Driskell has asked that the issue be reviewed by House Rules Chairman Paul Renner, R- Palm Coast, in consultation with the Rules Committee’s ranking minority member, Rep. Joseph Geller, D-Aventura. AdMoreover, Driskell noted that three amendments by bill sponsor Lawrence McClure, R-Dover, also were filed past the 6 p.m. deadline. Ad“Because this was the last committee stop is why you saw the fireworks you did today.